Patent troll Lodsys expands in-app purchase witch hunt to Rovio, EA
Patent holding company Lodsys has amended a lawsuit alleging that a number of iOS developers are violating its intellectual property rights by implementing in-app purchase options within their iPhone...
View ArticleFlurry: Consumable goods dominate in-game purchases on iOS and Android
Consumable goods--defined as "something that is depleted when used," e.g. grenades in war games or fertilizer in farming simulator titles--represent more than two-thirds of all in-app purchases across...
View ArticleRIM introduces BlackBerry Tablet OS Native SDK beta
Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) introduced the beta version of its Native SDK for BlackBerry Tablet OS, touting tools enabling game developers to code BlackBerry PlayBook tablet titles in C/C++, the...
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LG unveils OpenGL-based 2D-to-3D mobile game conversion engine
LG Electronics will demonstrate an OpenGL-based 2D-to-3D mobile game conversion engine during next week's IFA 2011 event in Berlin, promising developers a means to translate their existing titles into...
View ArticlePlayHaven launches real-time marketing platform for iOS game devs
Mobile game promotion and monetization services firm PlayHaven unveiled an HTML5-based marketing platform enabling iOS developers to create and deploy promotions and customer engagement initiatives in...
View ArticleAppcelerator rolls out Open Mobile Marketplace for app add-ons
Cross-platform development solutions provider Appcelerator unveiled its Open Mobile Marketplace, an online storefront enabling mobile developers to acquire free and premium software assets for...
View Article6waves Lolapps launches $10M mobile and social gaming developer fund
Social game publisher and developer 6waves Lolapps unveiled the 6L Fund, a $10 million initiative to fuel innovation in mobile and social gaming development. In addition to financial support, the 6L...
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The PlayForge makes another killing with 'Zombie Life'
Zombies are lurching across the pop culture landscape in record numbers this Halloween season, but The PlayForge is proving there's still a lot of life in the walking dead. The mobile gaming startup...
View ArticleAppcelerator acquires HTML5 development platform Particle Code
Cross-platform development solutions provider Appcelerator has agreed to acquire mobile gaming and HTML5 development platform Particle Code, a move that expands the open-source Appcelerator Titanium...
View ArticleVisa launches Developer Center to boost mobile payment apps
Financial services giant Visa is rolling out new resources allowing mobile and web developers to more rapidly build and deploy payment applications. The Visa Developer Center site will enable...
View ArticleappMobi open-sources HTML5 development technologies
Mobile software development platform provider appMobi is opening up the source code behind its HTML5 technologies in an effort to accelerate the mobile industry's transition to the HTML5 standard....
View ArticleGoogle extends Android Market game sales to Korea
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is expanding Android Market mobile game sales to the South Korea market. "For paid games, purchasing is fast and convenient through direct carrier billing, which lets users in...
View ArticleGREE vows 'borderless' social gaming across iOS and Android
Japanese mobile game platform GREE promises developers its forthcoming global social gaming platform will offer a fully "borderless" system including single sign-on for users, a worldwide payment...
View ArticleFacebook testing game stories in mobile news feeds
Facebook is continuing its recent push to improve application engagement, trialing aggregated game-related stories in its mobile news feed to drive traffic from smartphones and tablets. "Gamers and...
View ArticleRIM unveils BlackBerry Native SDK 2.0 for Tablet OS beta 3
Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) rolled out the third beta release of its BlackBerry Native SDK 2.0 for Tablet OS, delivering new tooling enhancements, API improvements and documentation updates....
View ArticleIn-app purchase revenues to top $5B in 2015, fueled by loyal users
In-app purchases are on pace to generate 64 percent of total mobile application revenues in 2015, up from 39 percent in 2011, according to information and analysis provider IHS Screen Digest. The firm...
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Chris DeWolfe: From MySpace to the mobile space with 'Fluff Friends Rescue'
Chris DeWolfe first entered the popular consciousness as the co-founder and CEO of MySpace, the pioneering social network launched in 2003 and sold to News Corp. two years later for $580 million. At...
View ArticleUnity 3.5 game engine update touts improved visuals
Unity Technologies released version 3.5 of its Unity game development platform, promising new features and improvements highlighted by the inclusion of the Shuriken particle system, which offers...
View ArticleIntel expands Graphics Performance Analyzers to Android
Intel Corporation is bringing its Graphics Performance Analyzers 2012 suite to smartphones and tablets running Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android mobile operating system as well as the computing giant's...
View Article6L inks 16 mobile game developer pacts, vows major marketing spend
Social and mobile game publisher and developer 6L (formerly 6waves Lolapps) has signed partnerships with 16 new independent mobile developers, concurrently committing to spend $100,000 on marketing all...
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